Among the many who have assisted in the preparation of this
Biography especial acknowledgment is made to Irwin Laughlin,
First Secretary and Counsellor of the London Embassy under Mr.
Page. Mr. Page's papers show the high regard which he entertained
for Mr. Laughlin's abilities and character, and the author similarly
has found Mr. Laughlin's assistance indispensable. Mr. Laughlin
has had the goodness to read the manuscript and make numerous
suggestions, all for the purpose of reenforcing the accuracy
of the narrative. The author gratefully remembers many long conversations
with Viscount Grey of Fallodon, in which Anglo-American relations
from 1913 to 1916 were exhaustively canvassed and many side-lights
thrown upon Mr. Page's conduct of his difficult and delicate
duties. The British Foreign Office most courteously gave the
writer permission to examine a large number of documents in its
archives bearing upon Mr. Page's ambassadorship and consented
to the publication of several of the most important.